Assassin's Creed II

Assassin’s Creed 3 may well be swallowing your time this week, but Phil Owen’s still living in the second game. Literally, as it happens. Remember Monteriggioni? This is what it’s like in the real world.

More news you’re very unlikely to care about. Ubisoft’s to pack up the first two Assassin’s Creed games into a “welcome pack” with all relevant DLC for Japanese release. Did I mention Britain’s on holiday today? It’s out on June 19 for ¥2,940. Whatever. Andriasang has an amazing packshot.

Ubisoft’s announced it’s to release Assassin’s Creed: Lineage on DVD and Blu-ray on November 15. The release will come with the movie, which acts as a prequel to Assassin’s Creed II, as well as animation Assassin’s Creed: Ascendence and making-of stuff. But then, you can also watch it below the break for free. Thanks, IGN.

After what seemed like an eternity in Stubbornness Years, Ubisoft finally patched the restrictive constant connection requirement out of some of its biggest games. So then, that’s it, right? We can kiss this whole brouhaha goodbye, can’t we? Please? Well, yes and no. Mostly no.

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Googling “Assassin’s Creed II too short” will return you around 176,000 entries. However, players who actually have completed Assassin’s Creed II are in the minority according to Ubisoft’s Gaelec Simard.

Update: Ubi UK PR manager Stefano Petrullo’s very excited about this news story. So much so, he sent us a picture of himself which one of the ACII devs. That’s him on the right. Original: Assassin’s Creed II has received a Guinness World Record for being the “most cover-featured video game”, Ubisoft announced today.

Whether it’s a little kink Ubisoft needs to work out or a foreboding sign of things to come, the day foretold by cringing PC gamers the world over has already come to pass. Ubisoft’s DRM servers hit a bit of snag today, and Assassin’s Creed II has been unplayable ever since.